FRESNO COUNTY, Calif. (KMPH) - A two-year-old girl is safe with her mother after she was kidnapped near Fowler Tuesday morning.

Fresno County Sheriff's deputies say the mother saved the little girl by pointing a shotgun at the kidnapper.

This all started around 8:45 a.m. when investigators say a man knocked on the door of a home near Maple and South avenues. The woman inside did not answer, and the man broke in. The two got into a fight, and she was kicked to the ground.

Investigators say the man grabbed the woman's two-year-old daughter and ran out of the home. They say the woman ran out with a shotgun and pointed it at the suspect, telling him to put the child down, which he did.